Are You Letting Your Body Dictate How You Feel?

I remember the first time I wasn’t aware of my body. For years, it’s all I was aware of. I knew exactly how far my stomach was sticking out. I knew how big my arms looked if they were touching my sides. I knew how big my thighs were if I was sitting down. And I truly felt like everyone … Read More

Two Things To Avoid When You’re Trying To Find Food Freedom

Two things that are not helpful when trying to find food freedom: 1️⃣ More food education. You don’t need anyone telling you what’s in your food, how to read a food label, calories, grams of anything, or ingredients. 2️⃣ Anything rooted in fear. “Omg look how bad this is for you!” If the problem was really a lack of food … Read More

Waiting To Feel Skinny? Read This.

“I can’t wait to feel skinny so I can…” That was me- for more than half of my life. I couldn’t wait to lose weight and “feel skinny” so I could finally enjoy my life. Feel confident. Worthy. Enough. See the world. So everything wouldn’t feel so hard. So I could finally be happy. So, I waited. The story in … Read More

Candid Thoughts On Hating Your Body Until It Changes

Have you ever ended up with a car that wasn’t your dream car or one that you had for so long it started to rust, and just… got old? You realize your car works literally fine. And you realize there’s no way that you can get a new one… at least not for a while. So what do you do? … Read More

How Much Can You Tell About A Woman’s Health Based On Her Weight?

Let’s stop pretending that you can tell anything about a woman’s health just by looking at her. Let’s stop pretending that weight loss is some sort of inherent shoo-in to health. In fact, many women pursue weight loss DESPITE their health. Let’s also stop pretending that “health” isn’t some sort of social construct. That it is some hard and fast … Read More

Who Are You Taking Advice From?

Pay attention to who you’re taking advice from. Sure, maybe they LOOK how you want to “look,” but do they LIVE how you want to live? Do you want to have to scour every menu before you go out to eat to see if you’re “allowed” to eat there? Do you want to have to pack all of your own … Read More

Fix These 4 Fitness Mistakes

Want to feel better? Fix these fitness mistakes: 1) You’re prioritizing traditional cardio over weight training. Traditional cardio has a very low return on investment. I don’t care how long or hard you go. Your return will be low in the long run and any result you’re chasing will be futile or finite at best. 2) You’re not actually strength … Read More

113: The Dark Side of Weight Loss Surgery, Part 1

*Language warning: this one has LOTS of F-bombs… like, more than usual. In today’s episode, I talk about possibly the most embarrassing moment of my professional career. I don’t know why I thought that I’d resonate with anyone sitting inside of a weight-loss meeting. What I learned was this: I cannot save the world, diet culture and an obsession with … Read More

112: Creating Financial Success With Mandyy Thomas

This episode will definitely help you begin to feel more confident about your finances- this is The Confidence Project, after all 😉 Here are some big takeaways from today’s episode: 1) The one thing no one told me when it comes to my savings account and paying down credit card debt 2) The easiest way to start saving money literally … Read More